Phonographic-record cabinet.



No. 638,586. Patented Dec. 5, I899.

- 6. MUELLER.

PHONOGBAPHIG RECORD CABINET.

(Application filed Dec. 29, 1898.)

2 Sheets-Sheet I.

(No Model.)

WITNESSES: INVENTOR:

fimnkwsfl.

ATTORNEYS,

ms Norms was an. vnmou'rfm. wumusron. n. c.

No. 638,586. Patented Dec. 5, I899. C. MUELLER. PHONDGBAPHIG RECORDCABINET.

(Application filed Dec. 29, 1898.) (No Model.) 2 SheetsSheBt 2.

2 KQJKQI 5 ef C/ a3. 12% J e/ CL v h d a); c el c- G C6 Z\\ 0/ a}WITNESSES: INVENTOR:

a. fww

v L e m. M BY ATTORNEYS 1' no I5 pmnspa, mots-Una, wAsnmsrcm-u c.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES MUELLER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

PHONOGRAPHlC-RECORD CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 638,586, datedDecember 5, 1899.

Application filed December 29, 1898. Serial No. 700,593. (No model.)

T0 to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES MUELLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Phonographic-RecordCabinets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The objects of this invention are to provide a cabinet forphonograph-records which will economize space or enable a greater numberof records to be conveniently contained within a given space and permitof an easy access thereto, to avoid the liability of injury to saidrecords because of inconvenience of access and the liability of strikingsaid records against the shelves or other surfaces of the cabinet whenremoving the same for service, and to secure other advantages andresults, some of which may be referred to hereinafter in connection withthe description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved phonograph-record cabinet and inthe arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, allsubstantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embraced inthe clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters ofreference indicate correspbnding parts in each of the several views,Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved cabinet. Fig. 2 is asection of the. same, taken at line 00. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectiontaken at line 11 Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken at line 3 and Fig. 5illustrates a modification of construction.

a a the hinges being so disposed that the doors can be turned backagainst the outer sides of the case, as in Fig. 3, where they will beout of the way while the record-shelves are opened and the records arebeing used. At the sides of the said side boards a on the interior ofthe case the same are provided with horizontal cleats a co, the cleatsbeing in pairs, one cleat being parallel with the other of each pair andforming a groove 0. therebetween of about the Width of the shelf 0, uponwhich the record cylinders, pegs, or holders d are secured. The groovesmay be formed within the side boards, as in Fig. 5, in which case thecleats may be dispensed with. At the fore part of the upper cleat ofeach pairis formed a projecting stop e, adapted to engage withacorresponding stopfupon the shelf and limit the outward movement of thelatter. The lower cleats of each pair are near to or below the stops ebeveled oif at their upper sides, as shown at g in Fig. 4, the saidbeveled or inclined extremities f orming at the front of the groove orway a between the cleats an enlargement or flaring part adapted topermit the body of the shelf to assume an inclined position, as in Fig.4. The shelves 0 are arranged to slide in said grooves or ways betweenthe parallel cleats, but are prevented from being withdrawn therefromby'stops f thereon, the said stops f being secured at or near the rearextremities of the shelves and adapted to engage the stops upon theupper cleats. The shelves are made in longitudinal sections 0 0 thefront section 0 being provided on the upper surface with .the recordcylinders, pegs, or'holders (1, arranged in series, and the rear sectionc be ing a narrow strip, upon which are arranged the stops f, beforereferred to, the said stops being disposed near the opposite extremitiesof the said rear section. Thus when the shelf is drawn out and the stopsof the rear section are brought into engagement with the correspondingsteps of the cleats or ways further withdrawal is prevented,and thefrontsection at or near its rear edge, at its opposite ends, is broughtinto correspondence or coincidence with the flaring enlargement of theway, so that the said front section at its front edge is permitted todrop a limited distance and assume an inclined position. The front andrear sections are connected together by hinges t, and thus the frontsection is prevented from becoming separate from the rear'section, but

is allowed a pivotal movement on said hinges, wherebyit is permitted toassume the inclined position above referred to.

By assuming the inclined position the pegs or holders (Z for the recordsare also given an inclined position, projecting upwardly and forwardly,so that their ends are presented more clearly to the view of theoperator and the cylindrical records may be withdrawn from said holderswith greater facility and without engagement with the walls or edges ofthe shelf above, whereby I avoid the danger of damaging the saidrecords.

It is noted that my invention consists in providing a tilting cylinder,holding-peg, or a peg which changes its position to permit a moreconvenient removal or replacing of a cylinder. I provide by myconstruction a peg which occupies a vertical position when inclosed inthe case and which when withdrawn from said case automatically assumesan inclined position. By means of the tilting pegs the same may beplaced nearer to the rear edge of the peg-support, whereby a greaternumber may be arranged within a given horizontal space, and the inclinedpositions assumed when said pegs are withdrawn enable the cylinders tobe conveniently handled without risk of damage by scraping against thefront of the case or the supports for the pegs.

The shelves, may be of any suitable construction, preferably ofwood, andprovided at their opposite extremities with cleats by which the saidshelves are prevented from warping.

WVhen the grooves for the shelves are formed in the side boards, thestops 6 are fastened directly to the said side boards above the grooveand the said grooves are made flaring at their extremities. Thecylinders may be of any suitable construction to receive the records,but are ordinarily made of tubular pasteboard, turned wood, or the like.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. Thecombination with a case provided with ways, of shelves sliding atopposite edges in said ways and provided at their upper sides with pegsor phonographic-record holders,

said ways being made flaring at the lower their upper sides with meansfor hold-ing phonographic-record cylinders, said shelves being made infront and rear sections hinged together, the rear section being adaptedto lie in the ways back of the flaring part while the front sectionassumes a forwardly-inclined position in said flaring end of the Ways,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a case having ways the forward ends of which areenlarged or made flaring, stops arranged upon said case contiguous tosaid ways, and sectional shelves sliding in said ways and provided withcooperating stops preventing forward movement of the rear section intosaid flaring ends, the sections being connected to permit of the forwardsection assuming an inclined position in said flaring ends of the wayswhen the shelf is drawn forward, substantially as set forth.

4. The improved phonograph-record cabinet herein shown, comprising acase having therein a series of slidable and tilting shelves and aplurality of pegs arranged at .right angles to said shelves, wherebywhen said shelves are partly withdrawn from said case, the said pegswill assume inclined positions with reference to the front vertical faceof said case, the inclined pegs permitting a removal of therecord-cylinders from the pegs Without interference with the forwardpart of the top of the case or the upper shelves therein, substantiallyas set forth.

. In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my handthis 22d day of December, 1898.

CHARLES MUELLER.

